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BOTTLE STOPPER. No. 377,042. I Patented Jan. 31, 1888.

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FREDERICK P. MORHOUS, OF BENNINGTON, VERMONT, ASSIGNOR TO HENRY \V. PUTNALWI, OF SAME PLACE.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 377,042, dated January 31, 1888.

Serial No. 253,402. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK P. Hon- HoUs, ofBennington, in the county ofBennington, Vermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle Stoppers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates more particularly to that class of bottlestoppers in which the stopper proper is carried by a bail, which is pivoted at its ends to a lever supported by the bottle-neck.

The object of this invention is to permit a stopper, which is cast directly upon a bail, to have a slight oscillatory motion on thebail, but not freedom to revolve thereon. By giving a slight oscillatory motion to the stopper proper it will more readily enter the neck of the bottle than if it were rigid upon the bail.

I accomplish the abovestated objects in the manner more fully hereinafter set forth.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which-- Figure 1 is a vertical section on the line 0 c, Fig. 4., ofa bottlestopper constructed according to my invention, showing the bail in side View. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line k is, Fig. at. Fig. 3 is a crosssection on the line 70 is, Fig. 4. Fig. 4is a top view ofmy improved stopper; and Fig. 5 is a vertical central sectionoi' a modified form of my stopper, the bail being shown in side View.

In the drawings, A represents a bail adapted to embrace the neck of the bottle, and it is provided with end books, a, for engagement with a lever or support of suitable construction that holds it on the bottle-neck. Near the center of the horizontal part b of the bail A is a bend, d. (See Figs. 1 and 5.)

B is the metal portion of the stopper-body, ofconstruction suitable to receive and retain the rubberportion D. This metal portion 13 of the stopper is cast directly upon the horizontal portion 1) of the bail A, and around the bend (Z, as shown. Part of'the stopper B, directly beneath the horizontal part b of the bail, is preferably in the form of a flange, e, and it extends somewhat each side of the bend cl in the bail. The part f of the stopper B above the bail is narrower than the flange e, and extends but a slight distance beyond the The part b of the bail may bend d, as shown.

sink slightly into the flange 0, if desired. \Vhen the stopper-body is thus cast upon the bail, it will be rigid and immovable thereon.

To permit a slight oscillatory motion of the stopper 13 thus rigidly east upon the bail, I force the stopper-body on that part of the bail which is embraced by the cast metal, turning the body B somewhat on said bail. \Vhen this turn is given, the bend (1 acts as the center of motion, and the part b, which is eccentric thereto, frees the bend d from the surrounding casting and pushes the edge of the part f of the stopper B forcibly aside, thereby making 6 an opening in which the correspondingpart ot' the bail is free to play. The opening is shown at g in Fig. 3. The stopper may now oscillate slightly u pen the baii,the bend b acting as the center of motion. As the stoppcroscii- 7O lates, the eccentric part b will be thrown against an edge of the opening 9, ,which limits the 0scillation in that direction. Vith the above construction a stopper which has been cast fast upon the bail will be given a slight play, but not freedom of rotation.

In the modification shown in Fig. 5 the bend d is in the reverse position to that in Fig. 1. Instead of the bend (2 an enlargement or flattening of the bail within the casting would af- 83 ford good results.

I have made application for a patentfor the process herein described, which application was tiled December 7, 1887, Serial No. 257,219.

Having now described my invention,what I. 8 claim is 1. In abottle stopper, the combinatiomwith the bail A, having eccentric portions, of the stopper-body mounted loosely on the bail and provided with the opening 9 through an in- 3 tegral part of the body, this opening having eccentric enlargements to allowsome play to the stopper-body on the bail, as specified.

2. The bail A, having the bend d and the eccentric portions b, combined with the stopper B, mounted loosely upon the bail and provided with the opening g through an integral part of the body, this opening having eccentric enlargements, substantially as described.

FREDERICK P. MORHOUS.

Vitnessee:

WM. G. T. \VRIGHT, J AMES B. llTEASHAM. 

